Thursday 17 March 2022

Reverse Greek Test Five

 Todays Reverse Greek Test is the Opening lines of one of Euripides plays

#euripides #classicgreek #atticdrama #transliteration 


Can you guess which play it is and translate it?

Which god is speaking? 


Atlas ho khalkeoisi nootois ouranon 

theooon palaion oikon ektriboon theoon 

mias ephuse maian hee m<e> egeinato 


a few clues nootois shoulders back 

ektriboo rub or wear out 

mias is mia feminine form of one 

who is Atlas daughter 

who is his grandchild 

Also can you identify the Epic forms of one dative and one verb?


I may type up these lines and more of the prologue and post them onto metousia


which play is this 

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